While many are asking whom crucial GenX voters will support in the November presidential election, the more important question may be whether they plan to vote at all. Shoshana Parker of GfK uses findings from the latest AP-GfK polling to explore GenX’s views and seemingly ambivalent feelings about politics. GfK Read more »
The White Working Class: Most of What You Read About Their Political Attitudes Will be Completely Wrong
… [T]he stereotype of the “average conservative white worker” fails to capture the most important fact about these voters — that most are not “average.” On the contrary White working class Americans are profoundly split into three distinct groups. [cont. — PDF] Andrew Levison, The Democratic Strategist Read more »
Race drives the presidential horserace
Of all the many things that might affect the outcome of November’s presidential election, the most powerful could be a single number – the percentage of voters who are nonwhite. [cont.] David Lauter, Los Angeles Times Read more »
Young Voters’ Turnout Intentions Lagging
Fifty-eight percent of U.S. registered voters aged 18 to 29 say they will “definitely vote” this fall, well below the current national average of 78% and far below 18- to 29-year-olds’ voting intentions in the fall of 2004 and 2008. [cont.] Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Obama Sinks to Historic Lows Among Blue-Collar Men
The new Quinnipiac University and ABC/Washington Post national surveys out this week converge on one key conclusion: as the election nears, President Obama is sinking to historic lows among the group most consistently hostile to him. Throughout his career on the national stage, Obama has struggled among white men without […] Read more »
The Opportunity Gap
… While most studies look at inequality of outcomes among adults and help us understand how America is coming apart, [Harvard political scientist Robert ] Putnam’s group looked at inequality of opportunities among children. They help us understand what the country will look like in the decades ahead. The quick […] Read more »